Digby County Court House

Reason for registration

provincial significance of its history; rare example of its architectural style and a very rare or early example of a type of construction or building technology by its architect; a provincial landmark on its original site with minor exterior alterations; and for its character defining elements, which include: Romanesque Revival style of architecture; brick and granite construction; placement of building on a hill above street level; impending view of the town and the Annapolis Basin; circular towers with conical roofs and pinnacles at corners of massive rectangular form; front entrance accessed by granite stairway; steeply pitched hip roof; and defined central font entranceway with wide round-arch opening, round headed window placements on second level and round window in gabled peak.